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I m attempting to collect data for cross-referencing Elvish words with citations that involve explanations of those words, in conjunction with my project to

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, Oct 20, 2010

I'm attempting to collect data for cross-referencing Elvish words with
citations that involve explanations of those words, in conjunction
with my project to construct an online reference map. I've started
with the names from the maps, and comprehensive citations from the
Silmarillion's Index of Names and the Parts of Elvish Words. I then
broke compound words and attempted to correlate their meanings like a
Sudoku puzzle, mostly for my own edification, but also to attempt to
"reverse-engineer" some of the under-explained names. I imagine this
project has been undertaken before.

Postfix asterisk implies that cell contains conjecture presently. A
postfix plus implies that the cell is filled with a value acquired
from another row that has either a corresponding word or meaning
explained elsewhere. Rows without citations are conjecture or I'm
still in search for an appropriate citation; these mostly come from
the map or secondary sources that I haven't connected back to the
primary texts. I plan to write automation to generate pages for each
word component, to give a complete background of its various meanings,
attested contexts, and usage. The plan is to use this data to provide
background for the articles on each location on my map,http://3rin.gs

I imagine that this would be useful for other projects. I would
eventually like to connect this data with the etymologies in Lost Road
and cross-check against secondary sources like the Hisweloke
dictionary, for which I've been kindly provided some data files.

Kris Kowal

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